The Healthy Mama Podcast

Who needs to hear this message? It's up to you to take the action steps needed to reach your goals. You need to know what those goals are first and then what the barriers are that are stopping you from moving forward. Listen in as I talk about creating goals, creating action steps, and my free anti-inflammatory quickstart guide that will help you get started. Download my free Anti-inflammatory Die...

Skin issues like eczema, acne, psoriasis, rosacea, and rashes can be really uncomfortable and embarrassing. Turns out, there is a connection between your skin and your gut health. So if you want to heal your skin, you have to heal your gut! Listen in as I share 3 steps to help heal your skin issues with food. If this is something you've been dealing with, you're not going to want to miss this epis...

Trying to figure out what you should be buying at the store each week? Eating a whole foods or anti-inflammatory diet can be overwhelming. I reveal and explain my top 12 essential items on my grocery list that help me get through each week. If you're trying to make healthy eating work in a realistic and sustainable way, check out this episode and revamp your own grocery list! Download my free Anti...

If you're thinking an anti-inflammatory diet might be able to help you but you're feeling overwhelmed and wondering what to eat, this episode is for you. We discuss what an anti-inflammatory diet is, who it helps, and what it looks like. Find out what foods you can eat and what it could look like in a typical day. If you're experiencing digestive issues, hormone balance, and blood sugar issues, or...

Have you ever been in a situation where you felt judged about the food choices you made, or felt pressured to eat a certain way? Pressure, embarrassment, or even anger can arise when well-meaning family and friends have an opinion about the choices you are making on your health journey. Family, friendship, and community are essential to good health so it's important to have a conversation about ho...

Summer vacations should be fun, exciting, and maybe even relaxing, right? Worried about how you’re going to look and feel when you get back? Don't let the fear of weight gain, low energy, or unwanted digestive or skin issues keep you from enjoying your time! It's possible to have fun on vacation and stay on a healthy path at the same time! It takes a little planning, prepping, and some creative th...

Summer is officially here which is exciting but, it also brings up a few issues when it comes to cooking and eating healthy foods. I don't know about you but, I don't enjoy using my oven or spending a lot of time indoors cooking at this time of the year. But the heat and business of summer isn't the only thing that can be problematic. The foods we encounter at this time of year can be filled with...

Are you ready for your kids to be off from school all summer? Are you ready for the “I'm Hungry – What can I eat?” question from your kids all summer? I've got you covered! Check out this information-packed episode with 5 tips on how you can feed your kids this summer and still keep your sanity. We cover planning, rhythms, stocking up on healthy foods, keeping meals satisfying and filling, and how...

Have you ever taken the time to ask yourself what would be different about your life if you reached your goals? Let's talk about why this is such an important question to ask and how it effects your life. It's time to decide what your goals really are. Then figure out what that gap is between you and your goals. And finally, figure out how we build that bridge across the gap so you can have the be...

One of the things I hear most is “I can't find the motivation” or “How do I get motivated” or “I get started and then lose the motivation to keep going”. These struggles are SO common and there's a good reason. Motivation is a feeling that comes and goes. Sometimes we feel motivated and sometimes we just don't. But why is that and what can we do about it? Listen in as I explain why motivation is s...

Listen in on this conversation with special guest Kelsey Bryant, Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist, fitness trainer and host of Fit Christian Women podcast. This is a super fun conversation about why we should even exercise, how it benefits our lives, how it effects our weight loss efforts, what type of exercises are most beneficial and, most importantly, how we can figure out how to fit it...

You've heard it all before, I'm sure: exercise more, cut calories, cut out the fat, start a diet, find more will power...But does it actually work? And is that really the best way? Let's talk about that for a minute. Listen in as I address each one of these common weight loss tactics and discuss the reasons why they don't work and why that's actually good news! If you're on a weight loss journey,...

Do you find you don't have enough time in your day or in your life to take care of your own needs? Your mental, physical, and emotional health? You're not alone! As mamas, it's common to put everyone else first. But when we're too far down on the priority list, our health suffers and we can't take care of the important things in life, including our kids. Listen in as we discuss what happens when w...

Mom life can be ever changing and routines can often seem rigid or restrictive. But working on health goals like weight loss, physical activity, or managing cholesterol and hormone balance are still important to fit into your life. So how can it be done realistically and sustainably for busy moms? By creating rhythms. Listen in as I teach you how to choose your goal, create your rhythm, and easily...

Listen in as I chat with minimalism and productivity expert, Alyssa Wolff, about how to manage our schedules and chores to allow time to take care of ourselves. Alyssa provides tips and tricks from time blocking to getting our kids to help with chores. When our brains are freed up from the busyness of life, we can incorporate things like physical activity, time to ourselves, and prepping healthy f...

When it comes to getting healthy and losing weight, or managing hormones, cholesterol, and blood sugar, it's common to think it has to take up a lot of your time or be a big project. In this episode I tell my story of how I overcame my barrier to better fitness and how just 2 minutes a day made a difference. Getting healthy doesn't have to be hard or take a lot of your time. Small steps work. And...

Listen in as I chat with Lauren Chante, health strategist and host of Rock Your Wellness Podcast. We talk about the problem with choosing a diet based on someone else’s criteria instead of your own unique body and needs, and how to choose the method that will actually work for you. This is a fun conversation that I think most of us women need to hear because time is not a renewable resource and it...

What's the easiest way to build and create meals that are healthy and help support your body? Glad you asked! This episode describes exactly how I create my meals and the 4 simple steps for putting it all together. This meal-building formula can be applied to breakfast, lunch and dinner and will help keep you on track to better health. Once you learn these easy steps, you can create your own meal...

The topic of fats has been debated for decades. We've been hearing how bad fats are and we've been given every low fat product imaginable for the past 50 years. The idea that fats are bad for you, clog your arteries, and make you fat are so ingrained in many people's minds that it feels impossible to change. Listen in as we discuss what fats actually do for us (hint: they are crucial for hormone b...

Carbs...this is such a loaded topic. With Atkins and Keto to Mediterranean and Vegan, it's hard to know what's right and what's not. And with the stigma that carbs carry and the blame they hold for the struggle us women have with weight loss, it can quickly become a tangled mess. Listen in as we discuss the struggles we have specifically as women, 7 tips to handling cravings, and how to make that...

Are you overwhelmed by the number of packaged foods available to us and our kids? Is there a way to figure out which ones are worth eating and which ones are better left on the shelf? Trying to decipher the information on packaged food can be pretty overwhelming. With claims on the front like “Heart Healthy”, “All Natural”, “Farm Fresh” and “Gluten-free” how do we make informed decisions? Listen i...

This is a big, complicated question. Can the answer actually be simple? I think it can. Listen in as we navigate this complicated modern problem and find out what to do about it. We will discuss why we have a hard time answering this question and what makes the most sense to eat for our best health.

Do you want to serve healthy meals but don't want to spend so much time cooking and cleaning? What makes serving healthy food so hard? Listen in as I discuss solutions to this problem and share my favorite tips, tricks and hacks to serving healthy food but doing it with as little time in the kitchen as possible. This episode will help you stay on your healthy path. Episode referenced today: 004 Th...

We've all had those days where making dinner is the last thing we feel like doing. The problem is, the quick meals, cereal, or take out that we usually eat when we don't feel like making dinner don't align with our healthy path. This episode shows you there is an answer. I give you the tools to get through those tough nights where you need to get a meal on the table even though you don't want to....

When it's time for dinner and you don't know what to make, there is still hope! You don't have to resort to pizza, take out, or fast food! Listen in as we discuss how to save the day with last minute, or what I like to call “emergency” meals. Find out why these “emergency meals” are a better option than take out and how they can help keep you on track with your health journey. We will talk about t...